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Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Dennis Truax, Mississippi State University; Emma Seiler, Mississippi State University; Donna Reese, Mississippi State University

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Civil Engineering

rising high school sophomores and juniors. The focus of MSTI was how science,technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are related to transportation and careeropportunities in transportation.The MSTI included hands-on activities, development of communication skills, and utilization oftechnology and skills required in today’s workforce. Field trips to the Nissan plant, MississippiDepartment of Transportation (MDOT), and the Columbus, MS Air Force Base exposed studentsto real-world applications of STEM and introduced them to a wide range of careers intransportation. The curriculum included sessions about structural systems, system illustration(CAD), transportation system layout, hydraulic engineering, environmental and water

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrea Welker, Villanova University; Frank Falcone, Villanova University

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Civil Engineering

notrestricted to the engineering profession only. The goal here is to raise the concept of self-awareness within each student such that he/she understands that their service to society, througha career in engineering, will be valuable and successful if they truly focus on the proper fit forthemselves within the profession.Leadership and ManagementBased on input from leaders in the engineering industry (design, consulting, and constructionmanagement) invited to speak as guest lecturers in this course, we can conclude that someengineers will find themselves in junior leadership and management positions not long aftercompletion of their undergraduate studies. Leadership and management, although related, are notthe same.Students are introduced to the

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Russell, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Gerry Galloway, University of Maryland; Thomas Lenox, ASCE; James O'Brien

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Civil Engineering

charges to the BOK Experiential Fulfillment Committee are asfollows: Charge 1 (Action 1a): Review the response to Charge 3 of the ASCE Experience Committee (July 2007). Recast the ASCE BOK experiential guidelines into a form applicable and acceptable to engineers of all disciplines, while ensuring full compliance with the intent of the BOK outcomes for civil engineers. If necessary, propose additional outcomes/guidelines that naturally accommodate the career paths of civil engineers but may be necessary additions for other disciplines. Charge 2 (Action 1b): Develop a matrix for attaining the elements of the generic experiential outcomes in an engineer intern’s pre-licensure career. If

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Wei Zheng, Jackson State University; HuiRu Shih, Jackson State University; Karen Lozano, University of Texas-Pan American; Karl Kiefer, Invocon, Inc., Houston, Taxes; Xinqing Ma, Inframat Corp, Farmington, Connecticut.

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Civil Engineering

the themes center on the nanotechnology for civil engineering,some proposed course and lab modules include currently available smart materials, e.g. ShapeMemory Alloys (SMAs) and Piezoelectric (PZT) materials, and micro/nano-scale technologies,e.g. silicon fume and micro-fiber modified concrete and MEMS (Micro-Electro-MechanicalSystems) sensors, and concrete maturity method, due to availability of applicable technologyand operational feasibility at the current civil engineering teaching laboratory. Even though thesetechnologies may not constitute real nanotechnology, they do demonstrate analogies of hownanotechnology will impact students’ careers and civil infrastructures in the future, and inspirestudents’ desire for creativity and

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy; Scott Hamilton, United States Military Academy; Jeffrey Russell

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Civil Engineering

values of Duty, Honor, Country, and prepared for acareer of professional excellence and service to the Nation as an officer in the United StatesArmy.The mission of the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at USMA parallels theAcademy’s mission, while focusing on educating and inspiring students in the fields of civil andmechanical engineering 19:To educate cadets in civil and mechanical engineering, such that each graduate is acommissioned leader of character who can understand, implement, and manage technology;and to inspire cadets to a career in the United States Army and a lifetime of personal growthand service.The mission includes educating and inspiring, and training at the Academy level. The threeelements of the mission

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Ronald Welch, The University of Texas-Tyler; Stephen Ressler, United States Military Academy; Norman Dennis, University of Arkansas; Debra Larson, Northern Arizona University; Carol Considine, Old Dominion University; Tonya Nilsson, San Jose State; Jim O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers; Thomas Lenox, American Society of Civil Engineers

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Civil Engineering

in San Jose. She was previously an Associate Professor at California State University, Chico. She is a registered Professional Engineer in California. Tonya earned her Bachelor's degree in Architectural Engineering from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, her Master's in Structural Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Structural Mechanics from University of California at Davis.Jim O'Brien, American Society of Civil Engineers Jim O’Brien has over 32 years of experience as a leader, team builder, and manager in diverse professional and academic environments. During his 26-year military career in the US Army Corps of Engineers, he spent 13

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Allen Estes, California Polytechnic State University; Brent Nuttall, California Polytechnic State University; Cole McDaniel, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

who Page 13.1043.3have experienced the industry first hand will be needed to teach these subjects. Only a personwho has worked on numerous real world engineering projects is best qualified to assess whethera student capstone design project is realistic and relevant.Since practitioners are needed, then there needs to be a career track where their services can bevalued and rewarded. In most universities, practitioners are included on the faculty as adjunctprofessors. They are paid less and are not viewed as full-fledged partners. Most do not have thePh.D. credential that accords equal status. For many schools this is a business

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jeffrey Evans, Bucknell University; Daniel Lynch, Dartmouth College

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Civil Engineering

outcomes recognize that the careers of future civil engineers need to beunderpinned by all -- not only Mathematics and Natural Sciences but Humanities and SocialSciences as well. Civil Engineering is a technical discipline and the strong technical educationmust continue, but it also must be recognized that the contributions of civil engineers are largelyto and for human society. The Humanities includes subjects such as art, philosophy andliterature while the Social Sciences include subjects such as political science, economics,sociology and psychology. BOK2 continues to recognize the need for education in Mathematicsand Natural Sciences but now also explicitly recognizes the foundational importance ofHumanities and Social Sciences.The four

Conference Session

Use of Summer Research Programs in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Vinod Lohani, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Tamim Younos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Civil Engineering

VirginiaTech will continue to have an impact throughout my career. Skills such as public speaking,teamwork, and insights into how to start my career in the academic world will doubtless proveinvaluable. However, I also hope that my social and personal experiences at Virginia Tech willcontinue to have an impact, and that the relationships that I have built with my advisor, fellowgroup members, and the other REU fellows will continue long past the end of this program.”Fellow # 2: “The program set up was ideal, in my opinion. The Friday meetings and seminarswere most helpful and for the most part I enjoyed the speakers tremendously. The chance topresent on our research topic every two to three weeks was extremely helpful in the developmentof my

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Gerald Himes, United States Military Academy; Jakob Bruhl, United States Military Academy; Joseph Hanus, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

related to engineering and perceives the engineering courses to have littlerelevance to their life or career. The following list breaks down the majors in the populationsurveyed: • Economics (17) – 17.9% • Foreign Language Studies (16) – 16.8% • History (15) – 15.8% • Political Science (12) – 12.6% • Management (10) – 10.5% • Philosophy (5) – 5.3 % • Law (4) – 4.2% • Leadership/Military Art (4) – 6.3% • Math/Physics (4) – 4.2% • Geography/Geospatial Information Systems (3) – 3.1 % • Life Science (2) – 2.1% • Physics (2) – 2.1% • Psychology (1) – 1.0%The Base Camp Engineering Design ProblemThis paper refers to civil engineering in the broad

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thorsten Wagener, Pennsylvania State University; Sarah Zappe, Pennsylvania State University

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Civil Engineering

their undergraduate career. The case studies are outlined in Table 1 and Figure 3.Learning objectives start with understanding and using general concepts and end withunderstanding and using actual applied engineering techniques. While the majority of casestudies focuses on geographical areas that the students are familiar with, an explicit attempt ismade to include at least one international study.Table 1. Some details on the case studies introduced.Title Learning objectives LocationNew York City Water Supply Understand and be able to New York City water supply apply the following concepts: reservoir located in the control

Conference Session

Issues in the Professional Practice of Faculty Members in Civil Engineering

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Andrew Rose, University of Pittsburgh -Johnstown; Norman Voigt, Penn State, New Kensington

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Civil Engineering

similar attributes appropriate to the program educational objectives. Individual faculty members must have educational backgrounds, industrial experience, professional practice, communication skills, and technologically current knowledge that support the field of instruction and program educational objectives. Collectively, the faculty must be capable of providing students an appropriate breadth of perspective and effective instruction in the use of modern technical and non-technical Page 13.1257.3 methodologies in careers appropriate to the program educational objectives.”2In both cases, engineering experience, professional practice

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jean-Pierre Bardet, University of Southern California; Gisele Ragusa, University of Southern California; Fred Meyer, United States Military Academy

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Civil Engineering

.‚ Engineering programs should be accredited at both the B.S. and M.S. levels so that the M.S. degree can be recognized as the engineering “professional” degree.‚ Institutions should take advantage of the flexibility inherent in the EC2000 accreditation criteria of ABET, Incorporated in developing curricula, and students should be introduced to the “essence” of engineering early in their undergraduate careers.‚ Engineering educators should introduce interdisciplinary learning in the undergraduate curriculum and explore the use of case studies of engineering successes and failures as a learning tool.‚ The engineering education establishment should participate in efforts to public understanding of engineering and the technology literacy of the public

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Two

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Kevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University

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Civil Engineering

AC 2008-1509: KINESTHETIC STRUCTURESKevin Dong, California Polytechnic State University Page 13.830.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Kinesthetic StructuresAbstractThis paper describes how students are engaged in hands-on activities that reinforce complexengineering principles. In addition to utilizing chalk board examples for design and analysisproblems, physical modeling, not necessarily traditional laboratory testing, is implemented tolink engineering theory with building behavior. Students design, build, and learn how structuresbehave in three dimensions.IntroductionFive years ago, the author switched careers and from practice to

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Reynaldo Pablo, Jr., Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne

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Civil Engineering

ahelpful tool to quantify the risk involved in this process of bridge assessment.Addition of a semester-long course on reliability of bridges in the civil engineering curriculumcan greatly help the students understand the fundamental concepts of bridge safety. Civilengineering graduates will have the capability in evaluating bridge safety which they canconfidently use in their future career. As a result, this will encourage students to specialize in thefield of bridge reliability and eventually the nation’s bridge assessment experts will grow innumber. These experts will have the technical know-how to help maintain bridge infrastructuresto avoid catastrophic failures and most significantly of all, save lives.IntroductionThe load carrying capacity

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thomas Seybert, Pennsylvania State University - Wilkes-Barre

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Civil Engineering

academicsupport services. These offices include:‚ Academic Advising Center‚ Learning Center‚ Registrar‚ Information Technology Services‚ Personal Counseling‚ Career CounselingA few days prior to the exercise, I visit each of these offices and coordinate the details of thetreasure hunt with the staff person in charge of each area. I place a wall-hanging envelope,marked “SUR 100S Treasure Hunt.” Each envelope contains “information sheets” on each areathat describes the student services provided by the office. This past year, I simply printed thehome page of the Web site for each office on blue sheets of paper, and made them theinformation sheet. I also asked each office staff person to make available additional informationsheets that they typically provide

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Jakob Bruhl; Eric Crispino

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Civil Engineering

technical communication University at Buffalo Union College University of California at Irvine Iowa State University Cooper Union University of Tennessee University of Wisconsin at Madison The University of Notre Dame Page 13.1295.8Appendix B: Details of the Technical Writing Development Program Assignments Pages Pages from of Theme Reference Reading Section Titles1 Do I Really Have To? 4-7 (Beer) 3 “A Successful Engineering Career Requires Strong Writing Skills

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Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Norb Delatte, Cleveland State University

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Civil Engineering

collapse. A meeting was held to decide what to do, and the bridgecollapsed just as the meeting was breaking up. The inability to make and implement a timelydecision illustrates the importance of effective communication (outcome g). It has been arguedthat Cooper failed to fulfill his professional and ethical responsibilities (outcome f)5. Mr. Cooper planned for the Quebec Bridge to be the crowning achievement of anillustrious career as a bridge engineer. However, by this time his health was poor and he wasunable to travel to the site. He was also poorly compensated for his work. Cooper’s difficultiesshow some of the realistic constraints (outcome c) inherent in every engineering project. Following the collapse, organizations such as

Conference Session

Accreditation and Assessment Concerns in Civil Engineering Education

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Thuy Nguyen, University of Texas at Austin; Kathy Schmidt, University of Texas at Austin; William O'Brien, University of Texas at Austin

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Civil Engineering

Foundation, the University ofKentucky and several students who have participated in our survey and learning module testing.Bibliography 1. Wesier, M. (1991). The Computer for the Twenty-First Century. Scientific American, 265(3), 94-101. 2. Gambatese, J. and Dunston,P.( 2003).Design Practices to Facilitate Construction Automation, RR183-11, Construction Industry Institute, Austin, Texas. 3. Economist. ( 2005). The No-computer Virus. The Economist, 253(19), 65-67. 4. BLS. ( 2006). Career Guide: Construction. , U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. 5. O'Brien, W. J., Soilbelman, L., and Elvin, G. (2003).Collaborative Design Processes: An Active- and Reflective Learning Course in Multidisciplinary Collaboration. Journal

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part One

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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J. Richard Weggel, Drexel University; James Mitchell, Drexel University; Charles N. Haas, Drexel University

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Civil Engineering

for each laboratory. Theform includes a cover sheet indicating the point value for each part of the report that is used bythe TA for reporting the report grade to the student. Some data is collected by the studentsworking on teams, other data is collected by the class as a whole. While students are encouragedto discuss their findings, all reports are to be the work of the individual student. Some of theexperiments were taken from the courses students take later in their academic careers thusfreeing up time in those later courses for more advanced work. Other experiments were new andunique to CAEE210. The content of the various laboratory/field experiment is described below. • Environmental Engineering Laboratory 1 – Calibrate a multi

Conference Session

The New Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge (BOK2)

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Richard Anderson, Somat Engineering, Inc.; Stuart Walesh, S. G. Walesh Consulting; Kenneth Fridley, University of Alabama

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Civil Engineering

was eventually whittleddown to a comprehensive, coordinated list of 24 outcomes divided into three outcome categories;Foundational, Technical and Professional. In addition, the level of achievement expected to beachieved prior to entry into the professional practice of civil engineering is identified for eachoutcome. Each of the Bloom’s levels of achievement for each outcome is also assigned to astage in the young engineer’s career, from the baccalaureate degree program, to post-baccalaureate formal education, to pre-licensure working experience. Next, the BOK2 will bereviewed by a new committee, the BOK Educational Fulfillment committee, which will assemblebest practices for use in fulfilling the BOK through formal education.IntroductionIn

Conference Session

Civil Engineering Teaching Part Three

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2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

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Michael Collins, J.P. Morgan Chase; Gerard Lennon, Lehigh University; John Ochs, Lehigh University; Richard Weisman, Lehigh University; Vincent Munley, Lehigh University; Joseph Sterrett, Lehigh University

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Civil Engineering

byinstructors, other university faculty and staff, alumni, including potential donors, andvarsity team coaches. A more formalized assessment program is recommended for futurecourses. The students have found this experience to be one of their most valuable andmemorable of their undergraduate career, documented by the fact that most havereflected on their ILE experience in answering questions during job or graduate schoolinterviews.This paper provides guidance and experience on how to create a sustainable annualcourse on a limited budget, rather than presenting detailed results of the investigations. Acase study of a multiyear investigation describing the actual details and providing resultsof a project for a golf facilities is available and complements